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Green Party blasts Hassig’s immigration views

UPDATE 2: In a statement issued a few moments ago, Don Hassig threatened to sue the Green Party of NY for libel, after party leaders distanced themselves from his House candidacy in the NY-21 district race. “I demand that you immediately...

100 Day Sprint: Owens votes with GOP on taxes

Nationwide, just 19 Democrats voted with House Republicans to maintain Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans — a policy that Democratic President Barack Obama opposes. One of those Dems was North Country congressman Bill Owens, from...

UPDATE: Is Bill Owens vulnerable? National press isn’t sure.

The last couple of election cycles, New York’s 23rd congressional district — now redistricted as the 21st — has drawn a maelstrom of national attention, due in part to Doug Hoffman’s Conservative campaigns. This year’s...

NY-21: What Obamacare ruling means for North Country politics

The 5-to-4 decision on Obamacare will resonate powerfully this summer and fall as the NY-21 congressional race unfolds, with Matt Doheny (R-Watertown) and Bill Owens (D-Plattsburgh) forced to get much more specific about healthcare policy. Until...

It’s on. Doheny-Owens rematch will be one of country’s top races.

After nearly two years of maneuvering, name-calling, backroom finagling, map redrawing, and good old fashioned North Country politicking…it’s on. Matt Doheny, the investment banker from Watertown, will face off against Bill Owens, the...

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NYS GOP Chair Ed Cox (at a Young Republicans Christmas party in 2005)

State GOP Chair: Ryan Will "Play Well" in New York Races

by Karen DeWitt

Rensselaer, NY, Aug 14, 2012 — The head of the State's Republican Party predicts that the choice of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney's Vice Presidential candidate will be helpful in some portions of New York State.

New York's GOP Chair Ed Cox says Ryan's position as number two on the Republican ticket in November could aid congressional candidates who are already identified as strong fiscal conservatives. Go to full article

Matt Doheny (R) with Saranac Lake Community Store general manager Craig Waters. Photo: Brian Mann

NY21: Doheny hopes main street business message will lift him past Owens

by Brian Mann

Saranac Lake, NY, Aug 10, 2012 — With less than three months to go before the November election, Republican challenger Matt Doheny says he's on track to unseat Democratic congressman Bill Owens from Plattsburgh.

Most national pundits have described the race as a toss-up, though one poll released last week by the Democratic Party showed Owens with a 12-point lead.

During a visit yesterday to Saranac Lake, the Republican acknowledged that this year's contest has drawn less attention, from the media and from voters.

As Brian Mann reports, Doheny hopes to flip the 21st district back to the GOP, in part by focusing on small businesses and the lingering economic recession in the North Country. Go to full article

People who try to make predictions in exceedingly low primary elections are taking their own lives into their hands.

Low turnout expected in state primaries

by Karen DeWitt

Rensselaer, NY, Jun 26, 2012 — There are a number of primary elections on Tuesday for federal posts, including for Congress and the US Senate. Turnout for the votes is expected to be very low. Go to full article

Democrat Bill owens leads the fundraising race in NY-21.

Owens leads cash race for NY-21

by Brian Mann

Saranac Lake, NY, Apr 17, 2012 — The latest campaign filings for the 21st district House race show Congressman Bill Owens leading his Republican challenger in the race to raise cash for November's election.

Owens - a Democrat from Plattsburgh -- has raised nearly twice as money as Republican challenger Matt Doheny from Watertown.

But as Brian Mann reports, those straight fundraising numbers may not tell the whole story. Go to full article

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